The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development (Portfolio Committee) and the Select Committee on Security and Constitutional Affairs (Select Committee) having jointly held hearings to consider the implications of the proposed new salary scales for the magistracy, in particular the introduction of a new motor vehicle allowance for magistrates and senior magistrates, as recommended in Notice 46 of 2005 in the Government Gazette of 24 August 2005, and tabled in the House on 7 September 2005, report as follows: